Diving Courses

Discover scuba diving

If you want to feel the unique experience of scuba diving on a tropical live coral reef and don’t have the time for a full Open Water Diver Course, then the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program lets you experience the thrill of diving under the supervision of ours PADI Professionals in pool or pool-like conditions. During your adventure, you’ll master some basic concepts and scuba skills and might even head off to experience an open water adventure.

The Open Water Diver course is the most popular dive program in the world! This is your ticket to a lifetime of intense adventure in diving. As a certified PADI Open Water Diver, the most widely recognized and respected rating in the world; you have the freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional anywhere in the world to a maximum depth of 18 meters/ 60 feet.

As professional PADI members we take the Divemaster course extremely serious. Our staff have dived all around the world and know the ins and out of the diving industry. We feel proud of what we do for a living and take every Divemaster candidate as a personal challenge. Don’t get confused, it is a lot of fun, but our goal at Punta Uva Dive Center is that once you get your certification you’ll be able to work anywhere in the world with the highest quality of knowledge,
training and preparation.

Open doors you have only imagined. As a PADI Professional, you do things others only dream of. Whether you work in a local dive center, at a resort, or on a live aboard dive boat, the adventure of a lifetime is yours for the taking. Imagine a job where you actually look forward to
heading off to work in the morning. Lead a life others fantasize about. Sailing into incredible sunsets could be the rule, not the exception, especially if you work in a tropical dive destination. The commute to work could be as easy as a ten-minute boat ride. Work now becomes an adventure in itself. While experiencing new cultures and lifestyles, you’ll be surrounded by people who are always happy. It’s not all fun and games in paradise, but the rewards are well worth the effort.

The PADI Rescue Diver will expand your knowledge and experience beyond purely recreational level because you’ll learn to look beyond yourself and consider the safety and well being of other divers. Although this course is serious, it is an enjoyable way to build your confidence. Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies. During the five open water sessions, you’ll cover: Self-rescue and diver stress, dive first aid, emergency management and equipment, swimming and non-swimming assists, panicked diver response, underwater problems, missing diver procedures, surfacing the unconscious diver, inwater
artificial respiration, egress (exits), first aid procedures for pressure related accidents, dive accident scenarios.